ASCII ribbon campaign

The ASCII Ribbon Campaign is a grassroots initiative aimed at promoting the use of plain text in email communications and digital messaging. The campaign encourages people to include a simple ASCII ribbon in their email signatures to raise awareness about the importance of accessibility, simplicity, and the avoidance of formatting issues that can arise with rich text or HTML emails. The typical format of the ASCII ribbon is a small piece of text, often styled as follows: ``` .--.